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Peter and the Rainbow

from How I Learned to Love the Freaks by Vinny Peculiar

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Peter was a leader, a charismatic alternative thinker, like a Kesey or a Cassidy...he bailed on the dream for that very cold place...

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Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow

We came in peace we should have known
We came together we came alone
To understand a better way
Came to explore we came to stay

We came so near we came so far
A sleeping bag and an acoustic guitar
Hitch hiked across the USA
Nothing could stop us or get in our way

Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rain
Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rain

Out of the darkness and into the light
We taught our children we taught them right
We came of age Aquariusly
We came in peace we came in harmony we came to be to be free

Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow

And we closed in on mother earth
And we gave thanks for all we were worth
But the very best of our intentions
Never suited those high faluting conventions

The poets spoke in tongues of fire
We were the new age guns for hire
So many people gathered around
Cause you have to get lost before you get found
You have to get lost

Peter and the rainbow

When things were good they were very very good
But when we looked away it was over
And when we were good we were very very good
But when we messed up they said told ya so
I told ya I told ya

Peter and the rainbow…
Peter and the rain

It’s not the ending you might have expected
Peter left the camp he defected
Wrote show made a lot of money
Now he’s living in LA with playboy bunny
View of the hills the canyon and the ocean
It’s a very cold place devoid of all emotion
It’s a very cold place devoid of all emotion

Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow
It’s a very cold place
Peter and the rainbow
It’s a very cold place
It’s a very cold place

Peter and the rainbow


Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow

We came in peace we should have known
We came together we came alone
To understand a better way
Came to explore we came to stay

We came so near we came so far
A sleeping bag and an acoustic guitar
Hitch hiked across the USA
Nothing could stop us or get in our way

Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rain
Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rain

Out of the darkness and into the light
We taught our children we taught them right
We came of age Aquariusly
We came in peace we came in harmony we came to be to be free

Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow

And we closed in on mother earth
And we gave thanks for all we were worth
But the very best of our intentions
Never suited those high faluting conventions

The poets spoke in tongues of fire
We were the new age guns for hire
So many people gathered around
Cause you have to get lost before you get found
You have to get lost

Peter and the rainbow

When things were good they were very very good
But when we looked away it was over
And when we were good we were very very good
But when we messed up they said told ya so
I told ya I told ya

Peter and the rainbow…
Peter and the rain

It’s not the ending you might have expected
Peter left the camp he defected
Wrote show made a lot of money
Now he’s living in LA with playboy bunny
View of the hills the canyon and the ocean
It’s a very cold place devoid of all emotion
It’s a very cold place devoid of all emotion

Peter and the rainbow
Peter and the rainbow
It’s a very cold place
Peter and the rainbow
It’s a very cold place
It’s a very cold place

Peter and the rainbow

credits

from How I Learned to Love the Freaks, released September 15, 2023
Alan Wilkes - writer, vocals, guitars, keys, drum prog, production
Leah Wilkes - backing vocals
Dave Draper - production, drum prog,

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Vinny Peculiar variously described as – ‘An under sung national treasure’ [UNCUT Magazine]– a warm hearted Morrissey [Q Magazine] and ‘The missing link between Jarvis Cocker and poet Roger McGough and some of the wittiest lyrics this side of Wreckless Eric’ IRISH TIMES ... more

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